Pseudaleuria
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| Pseudaleuria | |
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| Pseudaleuria quinaultiana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Pezizomycetes |
| Order: | Pezizales |
| Family: | Pyronemataceae |
| Genus: | Pseudaleuria Lusk (1987) |
| Type species | |
| Pseudaleuria quinaultiana Lusk (1987) | |
| Species | |
Pseudaleuria is a genus of two species of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus was circumscribed by Demaris Lusk in 1987 to contain the type, P. quinaultiana, a species found in the Olympic Peninsula of North America.[1] P. fibrillosa was transferred to the genus (from Cheilymenia) in 2003.[2]
P. quinaultiana is similar in appearance to Aleuria aurantia (the orange peel fungus), but is shaped more like a saucer than a cup and usually occurs in pairs rather than groups.[3]
